is this your first car with the gear lever in the wrong place. i had this problem at first but i soon got the hang of it.just try to change gear slower and the gear change may get easier the more miles you do.

This is my 2nd car, the first was a Focus C-Max and the second is a 'New' C-Max. I haven't had a problem with either although to be the smoothest it appears that 1st to 2nd is best donerelatively quickly.
Both are 1.8TDCis

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